Daily Crop Weather Information on 03 December 2020

Abstract

• The Cyclonic Storm ‘Burevi’ over north Sri Lanka moved west-northwestwards with a speed of 11 kmph during past six hours and lay centered at 0830 hrs IST of today, the 03rd December 2020 over north Sri Lanka and adjoining Gulf of Mannar near Lat. 9.1°N and Long. 80.2°E, about 30 km east-northeast of Mannar, 110 km east-southeast of Pamban and 310 km east-northeast of Kanniyakumari. It is very likely to move west-northwestwards and emerge into Gulf of Mannar during next 03 hours. The Cyclonic Storm with wind speed of 70-80 kmph gusting to 90 kmph would be centered very close to Pamban around noon of 3rd December. It would then move nearly westsouthwestwards across Pamban area by afternoon and cross south Tamil Nadu coast between Pamban and Kanniyakumari during 3rd December night and 4th December early morning as a Cyclonic Storm with wind speed of 70-80 gusting to 90 kmph. Thus its impact on south Tamil Nadu coastal districts is very likely to commence from 3rd December forenoon initially over Ramanathapuram district and gradually towards Kanniyakumari district. • Under the influence of the above system: • Storm surge of about 1.0 m height above astronomical tide is very likely to inundate low lying areas of south coastal Tamil Nadu (Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli and Kanniyakumari districts) during the time of landfall and northwest Sri Lanka coast during next 06 hours. (i) Heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places with isolated Extremely heavy falls very likely over south Tamil Nadu (Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Kanniyakumari, Tenkasi, Virudhunagar, Theni, Madurai and Sivagangai districts) and over south Kerala (Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Idukki and Alappuzah) on 3rd December and isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall likely over south Tamilnadu and south Kerala on 4th December. (ii) Heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places very likely over north Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Mahe & Karaikal and north Kerala on 3rd December, isolated heavy rainfall on 4th December. 2 (iii) Heavy rainfall at isolated places very likely over south Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Lakshadweep on 3rd & 4th December. • Fishermen are advised not to venture into southwest Bay of Bengal and along & off east Sri Lanka coast on 3rd December; Comorin Area, Gulf of Mannar and south Tamil Nadu-Kerala and west Sri Lanka coasts from 3rd to 4th December; over Lakshadweep-Maldives area & adjoining southeast Arabian Sea from 3rd to 5th December. Total suspension of fishing operation during 3rd to 5th December over the areas.